Green Suttons Bay

Shout out to Liz Clark and Maureen Fletcher for helping with SBPS Garden.

School garden at Suttons Bay Public Schools is ready for planting. Join us this Tuesday afternoon, June 4th.

Lots of helping hands this week at Suttons Bay Schools. Top photo Monday and botton 2 are on Friday. We will be planting end of May.
Let us know if you can help.

Many thanks to this hard working crew that helped us mulch and water our beautiful trees!

Thanks Leelanau Energy Futures Task Force for a Great Earth Day Program.

Greetings from GREEN SUTTONS BAY!

In celebration of the beautiful spring weather and Earth Day, Green Suttons Bay will host our next event, SHOW UP-PICK UP, on THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH @ 5pm.

We will gather at "Water Wheel" Park (intersection of Jefferson and St. Marys Ave), take a group picture and then pick up litter around the Village of Suttons Bay. We need everyone's help to keep our community clean, so bring your family, friends and neighbors! Gloves, grabbers, pickers and trash bags will be available, but please consider bringing your own materials.

Thank you!
Kelly Slater
Sue Chapman
Suzanne Albrecht

Thank you to everyone who helped with the tree planting on October 28th!

Volunteers needed for Saturday's tree planting at Suttons Bay North Park. Trees arrived today, holes dug tomorrow. The trees are beautiful, join us for this community event. Sign up info.. below.

Please mark your calendars for Saturday, October 28th at 9 am.

With a grant from Releaf Michigan, through the DTE Foundation, Green Suttons Bay will be holding a tree planting event at North Park (where the farmers market is held) in the Village of Suttons Bay. The grant allowed us to purchase 20 trees (plus we purchased 5 more with funds from an anonymous donor). We need 40-50 volunteers to help place the trees and move compost and mulch (no hole digging required!).

We will have donuts, coffee and cider available for our wonderful volunteers, plus each person will receive a tree sapling to plant at home!

Below is the QR code to sign up for this event (be sure to select our date and location in the drop down menu). Preregistration is not required, but appreciated. Bring your family, neighbors and friends and help us continue to enhance our beautiful village!

Our Mission:
Green Suttons Bay supports and encourages our community to protect our natural environment and enhance our quality of life through green initiatives, best practices and educational events.

Hi!
We hope that you had a wonderful summer and enjoyed all the beauty and delights Leelanau County has to offer!

While we took full advantage of our summer, we also worked hard to further the mission of Green Suttons Bay, including:

-Becoming affiliate members of Leelanau Energy
-Show Up, Pick Up events around the village to clean up litter.
-Work bees at our adopted rain garden to remove w**ds and trash.
-Weekly clean ups at the Eckerle Road recycle bins.

We are very excited to announce that Green Suttons Bay has been awarded a grant from Releaf Michigan through DTE Foundation Funding, to plant 20 trees in the Village of Suttons Bay!

ReLeaf Michigan is Michigan's only statewide tree planting non-profit organization, working with communities and organizations throughout Michigan to protect and restore our urban tree canopies. Founded by some of the most respected arborists in the state, ReLeaf Michigan plants the Right Tree in the Right Place at the Right Time to ensure each tree thrives for generations to come.

Please mark your calendars for Saturday, October 28th at 9 am. This is our scheduled date to install these 20 trees (plus 5 others that Green Suttons Bay was able to purchase with funds from an anonymous donor). We are required to have 40-50 volunteers to help place the trees and move compost and mulch (no hole digging required!). More information to follow, so stay tuned!

Thank you for your continued support of Green Suttons Bay and our mission!

Kelly Slater
Sue Chapman
Suzanne Albrecht

Our Mission:
Green Suttons Bay supports and encourages our community to protect our natural environment and enhance our quality of life through green initiatives, best practices and educational events.

Please consider joining our friends and mentors from Green Elk Rapids for this wonderful event they are hosting on August 24th!

Green Suttons Bay is excited to announce our new chapter affiliation with Leelanau Energy!

Our Mission:
Green Suttons Bay supports and encourages our community to protect our natural environment and enhance our quality of life through green initiatives, best practices and educational events.

The mission and goal of Leelanau Energy is to transform the Leelanau Peninsula into a community 100 percent powered by clean, renewable energy sources.

What they do:
- Implement energy conservation and efficiency
- Conceive, support and promote community green projects
- Advise and advocate for progressive renewable energy policy
- Inform and educate individuals, households and communities

While Green Suttons Bay will continue to promote our mission, the overlapping goals of these two organizations will bring mutual benefit to our community. This collaboration will allow Green Suttons Bay to pursue grants and other resources, and the greater reach of Leelanau Energy will help us spread our message!

Please take some time to learn more about Leelanau Energy and the good work they do for Leelanau County and stay tuned for more upcoming news and events with Green Suttons Bay!

We came, we saw, we conquered the w**ds!!

GREEN SUTTONS BAY would like to send out an enormous thank you to the amazing crew that helped us clean two Suttons Bay village rain gardens! In record time, this amazing group w**ded, trimmed and cleaned the two rain gardens on the corner of M22 and Adams Street. The bees and butterflies are already showing their appreciation! Stop by on your way to get an ice cream ;) and check it out.

Every small thing we do, benefits our community!

With Gratitude,
Kelly Slater Sue Chapman
Suzanne Albrecht
Green Suttons Bay

Our Mission:
Green SB supports and encourages our community to protect our natural environment and enhance our quality of life through green initiatives, best practices, and educational events.

Join us Wednesday at 10:00 am to clean up the Green Suttons Bay Raingarden. Corner of Adam's and St. Joseph.

A special thanks to Gigi, Wyatt, Ian, Bill, Kristin and Lois for their dedication to making Suttons Bay clean and beautiful! This hard working group did an amazing job of picking up many, many bags of trash around the village and marina. When we show up, we make a difference! Mark your calendars for our next SHOW-UP PICK-UP event on June 1 and be a part of the solution!

Greetings from GREEN SUTTONS BAY!
We hope you are enjoying this more favorable, spring-like weather! Please join us as we resume the "SHOW UP-PICK UP" events around Suttons Bay. We will gather on THURSDAY, May 4th at 5pm, at Water Wheel Park and pick up litter around the Village of Suttons Bay. We need everyone's help to keep our village clean, so bring your family, friends and neighbors! Gloves and trash bags will be available, but please consider bringing your own materials and pickers/grabbers.
Thank you!

WE RECOMMEND

Postpone lawn cutting until June 1st. Pollinators emerge from underground searching for food. Early flowers like dandelion, clover, violets help fill the nutritional gap.

Refrain from spring clean-up until temps are above 50 degrees for 5 consecutive days. This protects native bees who nest under leaves and in fallen stems.

Avoid using insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. These chemicals kill and harm pollinators and the plants they forage.

Plant native plants. Even a small patch of native plants can greatly increase native bees

Coneflower, Black-Eyed Susan, Columbine, Lupine and Yarrow are easy to grow native plants for our area.

OAK TREES are ⭐ Ecological Superstars! ⭐ If you have a native oak tree in your neighborhood or a nearby park, why not use the acorns to make your own oak? It's important to make sure that the oak is native to your area, though, so use an app like iNaturalist to double-check. Planting native can be fun and affordable! GETTING STARTED PLANTING NATIVE 💚 IF YOU WANT TO DIY, check out our Resources pages for plant finders, supplies, and organizations local to you for additional info: (Resources link in bio) 💚 IF YOU’D PREFER TO HIRE SOMEONE, check out our Resources pages for pros to help you install & maintain native plantings: (Resources link in bio) 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 START A NEW 𝗛𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗧AT® ON THE MAP Add your native plantings to the HNP MAP to become part of the largest cooperative conservation project to regenerate biodiversity ever attempted! (Get On the Map link in bio) . . . #homegrownnationalpark #plantnative #oaks #oaktrees #acorns #trees #regeneratebiodiversity #biodiversitycrisis #wildlifegarden #rewild #createhabitat

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Greetings from GREEN SUTTONS BAY!

We hope you are enjoying this beautiful September! Our next event, called SHOW UP-PICK UP, will be on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th at 5pm. We will gather at Water Wheel Park, then pick up litter around the Village of Suttons Bay. We need everyone's help to keep our village clean, so bring your family, friends and neighbors! Gloves and trash bags will be available, but please consider bringing your own materials and pickers/grabbers.

Thank you!

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GREEN SUTTONS BAY, Brainstorming!
Monday August 29 2022, 5pm, Suttons Bay Bingham Library

JOIN US to grow our vision and narrow our focus for the coming year.
Looking ahead to plan projects for the next year, come share your energy and talents!!

follow upon facebook: Green Suttons Bay
email: [email protected]

Community Movie Night, Wednesday, August 24th 7:30 PM
The Ice Hockey Rink Park in Suttons Bay

Greetings from Green Suttons Bay!
We have been busy since our inaugural community meeting and would like to share our progress and plans for upcoming events.

Progress:
We are working through steps to build our organization, including establishing our non-profit (501.c3) status, with the help of Larry Mawby.

We have connected with many local partners/collaborators who share and support our vision, including LIFT Teen Center and Saving Birds Thru Habitat.

At the June Village Council Meeting we introduced Green Suttons Bay and shared our mission statement. The village is updating the rain gardens and we have volunteered to adopt one to w**d, clean and maintain.

The first litter patrol event in the Village was a success, yielding almost 5 pounds of trash. We will begin having regular clean-up days, stay tuned!

We received many positive responses regarding “No Mow May” and are already working to expand interest for next spring.

Upcoming Events:

August 11th - 7-8:30pm
Renewable Energy 101 presentation by Joe DeFors. Hosted by The Suttons Bay Bingham District Library and Green Suttons Bay on Thursday, August 11th from 7-8:30pm. Please consider attending this informative event on by Leelanau Energy

August 25th - 8:00 pm
Family Fun and Outdoor Movie Night at the Hockey Rink Park in Suttons Bay. In collaboration with LIFT Teen Center we will be showing, WALL-E, a family movie with an environmental message. Bring your kids, grandkids, and friends!

August 29th - 5:00pm
Green Suttons Bay second community meeting at the Suttons Bay Bingham District Library, 5:00 pm. We hope to recruit volunteers to help us move forward with many of the ideas and projects discussed at our first community meeting.

October 29 - TBD
Grow A Bird Feeder - a presentation by Kay Charter, director of Saving Birds Thru Habitat
On “Growing Your Own Bird Feeder” and how the health of our fields and forests starts from the ground up. Look for more details in the near future.

Please follow us at Green Suttons Bay on Facebook, for more exciting fall events and contact us at [email protected] with questions and comments.
Thank you again for your continued interest in Green Suttons Bay. We are thrilled that so many people share our enthusiasm for engaging our community in protecting the world around us!

With Appreciation,

Kelly Slater
Suzanne Albrecht
Sue Chapman

Our Mission:
Green SB supports and encourages our community to protect our natural environment and enhance our quality of life through green initiatives, best practices, and educational events.